The 12 bugs of Christmas 
 
For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Find a way around it 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Blame it on the hardware 
 
Find a way around it 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Change the documentation 
 
Blame it on the hardware 
 
Find a way around it 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Say it's not supported 
 
Change the documentation 
 
Blame it on the hardware 
 
Find a way around it 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again. 
 
 
 
For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me 
 
 
 
Tell them it's a feature 
 
Say it's not supported 
 
Change the documentation 
 
Blame it on the hardware 
 
Find a way around it 
 
Say they need an upgrade 
 
Reinstall the software 
 
Ask for a dump 
 
Run with the debugger 
 
Try to reproduce it 
 
Ask them how they did it and 
 
See if they can do it again.	
           
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